RiverQuest Charters owner and fishing guide Dave Gunn adds spectacular photos and videos of the beautiful Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island to his social media channels all the time. Gunn had no idea he was creating a viral video when he scaled down an embankment with his chainsaw, on Dec. 16, to cut away a tree blocking the river.

The tree posed an extreme hazard for river users just below RiverQuest91裸聊视频檚 lodge on Riverbottom Road.

91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 know what was so special with this one,91裸聊视频� Dunn said.

The video has a healthy 20,000 reactions on Facebook but the total number of views has surpassed 24 million in just a few weeks.

Dunn noticed a lot of negative reaction to the video.

91裸聊视频淚 think a lot of people thought I was trying to show off,91裸聊视频� he said, adding many of the negative comments came from south of the border and he wasn91裸聊视频檛 going to let them bother him.

91裸聊视频淚 told my kids not to worry about the negative stuff. There91裸聊视频檚 now 24 million people in the world now who know who RiverQuest Charters is,91裸聊视频� Dunn said. 91裸聊视频淚 think of it as a gift for doing a good deed.91裸聊视频�

The gift is in the form of free marketing. Once those fishermen and women see the beauty that is the Cowichan Valley and the sweet fishing available on the Cowichan River, they may just want to visit and book his services.

As for the video, Dunn said it91裸聊视频檚 all in a day91裸聊视频檚 work: he takes care of the river that takes care of him.

91裸聊视频淚 have cleaned up truck loads of garbage,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e witnessed three men capsize on the river and rescued them while I was guiding a couple from Vancouver.91裸聊视频�

Of course he cuts away hazard trees, too. Just ask his 24 million viewers.